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0. SPAGHMANN.

Barr el' Support. No. 242,705. Patentedlune 7,1881.

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OTTMAR SPACHMANN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BARREL-SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 242,705, dated June '7, 1881. Application filed April 21, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OTTMAR SPACHMANN, of the city, county,and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Barrel- Support, of which the following is a specification;

The object of my inventionis to providea new and improved barrel-support which is so constructed that the barrel can be pulled forward and inclined, so that all the liquid in it can be drawn conveniently, and at the same time this .construction permits of placing the barrel upon the support or taking it from the same without any great exertion.

The invention consists in a sliding barrelreceiving frame resting upon rails of a suitable support, which receiving-frame has an elongated stirrup attached to the rear end of each of its wedge-shaped side pieces, these stirrups passing around the rails of the support, so that when the barrel-receiving frame is drawn outward and hangs down in an inclined position these elongated stirrups will hold it to the rails of the support. i

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a cross-sectional elevation of my improved barrel-support, showing the barrel-receivin g frame resting on its rails. Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional elevation of the same, showing the barrel-receiving frame drawn outward and inclined downward. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of a barrel-support with two barrel-receiving frames,

I part of the support-frame being shown in secspondin g parts.

tion.

Similar letters of reference indicate corre- The barrel-receiving frame is formed of two wedge-shaped or beveled side pieces, A A, connected by the transverse pieces B and B, the upper surfaces of which are adjoining to the upper or inclined edge of the side pieces, A A, so that the barrel 0, resting upon this frame, will be slightly inclined toward the front.

Aroller, D, which slightly projects from the under surface of the side pieces, A A, is pivoted in the rear end of each of these side pieces and rolls upon a transverse rail, E, of a supporting-frame, F, upon which rail E the side piece, A, rests and slides, one rail, E,

being provided in the frame F for each side piece, A. V

An elongated stirrup-iron, G, or equivalent device, is fastened to the rear end of each side piece, A,'and this stirrup G surrounds the corresponding .rail E, but does not touch the under side of this rail, as the transverse piece'of this stirrup is quite a distance below the under side of the rail A.

The operation is as follows: If abarrel is to be placed upon the support, the receivingframe is drawn forward in the direction of the arrow a, and as it projects over the side of the support it is inclined, as shown in Fig. 2, bein g held by the stirrup-iron G, the lower transverse piece of which rests against the under side of the rail E and prevents the receivingframe from being inclined farther. It is evident that if the receiving-frame is drawn outward a shorter distance the inclination will be less. The barrel 0 is now placed upon the receiving-frame, as shown in Fig. 2. The outer end of this frame is raised and pushed in the opposite direction of the arrow at until it firmly rests upon the rails E E. If the liquid contained in the barrel does not flow freely, the receiving-frame is drawn forward a slight distance, causing a slight increase in the inclination of the barrel, and in this manner the barrel can gradually be inclined more and more until the entire contents can be drawn out of the barrel very conveniently.

The within-described device will be found to be of very great service in the saloon icehouses used for keeping the beer fresh and cool, for the barrel need not be raised as high as the door in the ice-house, or as high as the barrel-support in use at present, as the outer end of the receiving-frame hangs downward, and the barrel can be shoved into the ice-house very conveniently. The support can be made higher than the ordinary barrel-support, s9 as not to require the person drawing the liquid to stoop, for the difference in height is counterbalanced by the convenience in raising the barrel.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. In a barrel-support, a sliding receivingframe constructed, substantially as herein shown and described, with a stirrup atthe rear end, which stirrup surrounds the rear end of the rail upon which the receiving-frame rests, and also holds this frame when the same is inclined, as set forth.

2. In a barrel-support, the combination, with the side pieces, A A, and the transverse pieces B B, of the railsE and the stirrups G G, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a barrel-support, the combination, with side pieces, A A, and the transverse pieces B B, of the rail E, the roller D, and the stirrups I 5 G G, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

OTTMAR SPAOHMANN.

Witnesses OSCAR F. GUNZ, O. SEDGWIOK. 

